Strawberry Fluff Salad

on Jul 15, 2026

This classic Strawberry Fluff Salad is so easy to make with just 6 ingredients. Fresh strawberries mixed with strawberry Jello, vanilla pudding, crushed pineapple, Cool Whip and fluffy marshmallows combine for the BEST dessert salad. Make this recipe for your next potluck or BBQ.

Quick and easy dessert salads are so easy to make. Strawberry Fluff Salad is one that is great all year long. You can make it for a summer bbq or make it for a bright and colorful side dish for Christmas. It’s always the bowl to be empty.
Looking for other strawberry salad recipes? Try my Strawberry and Banana Salad or my Strawberry Cheesecake Salad.

Fluffy Strawberry Salad on a wooden spoon.

Jell-O salads are some of my personal favorites to make when I am pressed for time. The prep is always very quick and since they are typically old fashioned recipes, everyone enjoys them. Strawberry fluff is one of the first recipes that I shared on my blog way back in 2014. It really needed some fresh images for you and I was making it for my family party recently so, I am updating it for you today.

Text on image Strawberry Fluff Salad Quick & Easy to make.

Times are getting tight right now and purchasing expensive ingredients for potlucks is not an option for many. Strawberry Fluff Dessert Salad can be made quite frugally. Purchase store bought jello, pudding, whipped topping and pineapple to allow savings.

This recipe makes enough to serve a medium sized crowd. You can also make it for a side dish that your family will love alongside a lunch for dinner and still have leftovers. The flavors are so good that they pair with just about any meal.

Strawberry Fluff Ingredients

Pretty short ingredients list for this little sweet dessert salad recipe. We made this Strawberry Fluff Salad with some popular pantry staple ingredients for desserts, so you might be able to save yourself a trip to the grocery store! Just in case you’re missing some of these ingredients, here’s all you’ll need to make Strawberry Fluff:

Classic Strawberry Fluffy Salad ingredients.

Strawberry Jello – Just need one small box of Jell-O. Feel free to go with generic store-brand Jello here if that’s all you can get.
Crushed Ice
Canned Crushed Pineapple – Were going to use both the crushed pineapple and the canned pineapple juice for this recipe, so don’t drain it off!
Vanilla Pudding Mix – We used Jello Instant Pudding but you’re welcome to go with store-brand pudding mix if you’d like.
Mini Marshmallows
Cool Whip – Or any other frozen whipped topping. Whipped Cream is not recommended as it is not stiff enough to help the strawberry salad hold shape.
Strawberries – Wouldn’t be much of a Strawberry Fluff Salad without strawberries! Fresh strawberries are best.

See recipe card for quantities.

How to make Strawberry Fluff Salad

You’ll have to grab a few bowls and measuring cups but trust us: making Strawberry Fluff is easy! This is a real quick dessert salad recipe too- you’ll spend more time letting it sit in the fridge then you will be preparing it. Just in case you need a quick guide for how to make our recipe, here it is:

We’ll start by getting our Strawberry Jello prepped. Add Jello mix to a bowl and combine with boiling water. Mix well until gelatin fully dissolves.

Pouring water into a bowl with powdered Jello

Follow up by adding in crushed ice. Stir until ice fully melts into Jello mixture. Transfer to the fridge and let sit for 10 minutes or until Jell-O starts to set.

While our Jello cools in the fridge, we can work on the rest of the recipe. Start by washing and then hulling strawberries before dicing– no need to get too fine here! Set aside for later.

To a separate bowl, add canned crushed pineapple– juices and all. Combine this with vanilla instant pudding mix and stir until fully mixed in.

Adding pudding powder to crushed pineapple.

Follow up by adding mini marshmallows. Stir and fold to evenly mix in with pineapple pudding mixture.

Mini marshmallows added to pudding and pineapple mixture.

Now add Cool Whip or other frozen whipped topping. Be more gentle when folding Cool Whip in to keep it from losing too much of it’s air.

Adding whipped topping to the marshmallow mixture.

Remove strawberry Jell-O from the fridge and use a spoon to break it up into smaller pieces. Add in with other fluff salad ingredients and give it a good stir to combine.

Adding strawberry jello to fluffy mixture.

Add in diced strawberries and optionally save some for garnishing. Stir diced strawberries into fluff salad before covering and moving to the fridge. Let sit at least 1 hour before serving and enjoying!

Fresh strawberries added to marshmallow mixture.

Storage / Freezing

Storage: You can expect any leftover Strawberry Fluff to stay good for 3-4 days in the fridge. You’ll want to enjoy it sooner rather than later though, since some of the ingredients can separate out and get watery. If that happens, just give everything a good mix to combine everything again before enjoying!

Freezing: You can freeze Strawberry Fluff Salad for 2-3 months, but it might not taste as good and the texture might change for the worst. Strawberries get kind of mushy when they freeze/thaw and Jell-O and pudding go through dramatic texture changes that might yield a different fluff salad consistency. Bottom line, try to enjoy your fresh Strawberry Fluff as soon as you can after making it.

Tips for the BEST Fluff Strawberry Salad

Choose fresh strawberries for best results. Frozen strawberries will work but the texture may be different.
Allow the gelatin to set before mixing.
Be sure to combine the ingredients well.
For the freshest flavor and texture allow to refrigerate for an hour before serving.

Old fashioned strawberry jello salad on a wooden spoon.